PHP Directives
Related to (Large) File Upload
Directives
are used to configure the PHP engine. They are placed in PHP's
configuration file php.ini.
There are a number of directives
that are related to file upload and they may be useful to you (very
often you can stick with the default values and do not need to modify
them). The following table lists the directives and provides a brief
description of each of them:
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PHP
Directive
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Brief
Description
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Example
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file_uploads
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file_uploads
= Off
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upload_tmp_dir
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It
specifies the directory in which uploaded files will be stored
temporarily.
It
is not specified by default.
If
it is not specified, the PHP engine will use the system default
temp directory.
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upload_tmp_dir
= "/temp"
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Here
are some PHP directives that you may have to change in order to
support large file upload. By default, files that are larger than 2MB
will be rejected.
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PHP
Directive
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Brief
Description
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Example
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upload_max_filesize
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upload_max_filesize
= 4096
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post_max_size
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It
specifies the maximum size (in bytes) of HTTP POST data that is
permitted.
The
default value is 8M (8 * 1048576 bytes).
Make
sure this value is greater than that of the upload_max_filesize
directive.
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post_max_size
= 10M
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memory_limit
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It
specifies the maximum amount of memory (in bytes) that is
allowed for use by a PHP script.
The
default value is 16M (16 *
1048576 bytes).
This
value should be greater than that of the post_max_size
directive.
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memory_limit
= 20M
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max_input_time
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It
specifies the maximum amount of time (in seconds) that is
allowed for each PHP script to receive the client's HTTP
request.
The
default value is 60.
If
you need to support large file upload, you may need to increase
this value to prevent timeouts.
Note
that some users may have a slow connection. You have to take
that into account.
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max_input_time
= 90
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max_execution_time
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It
specifies the maximum amount of time (in seconds) that is
allowed for each PHP script to execute.
The
default value is 30.
If
you need to process large uploaded files with PHP, you may need
to increase this value to prevent timeouts.
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max_execution_time
= 60
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